Academic Catalog

IS788 DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: MANAGEMENT, TECHNOLOGY AND ORGANIZATION

Course Code: 9010788
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
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Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

The course focuses on digital transformation, the phenomenon that is enabled by technological advancements in multiple fields which include Cloud Computing, IoT, Cyber Physical Systems, Data Science, Big Data, Mobile, and Social Media. In addition to focusing on an overview of such enabler technologies, their impacts in the form of disruptive changes in different industries (such as Industry 4.0 transformation in the case of manufacturing) will be covered together with various cases. Other topicsinclude: History of digital technology enabled transformation, information systems perspective, digital strategy, leading the digital transformation, data focused digital companies, digital and network business models, organizational issues, managerial issues.